The persistence of vision
There is a significant and growing body of research that indicates teachers’, conceptions of assessment affect their professional relationship to and literacy in assessment. This study examines how a graduate-level…
37th annual conference (2011)
School Achievements Monitoring Toolkit: Assessment Framework
The presentation describes the assessment framework of the School Achievements Monitoring Toolkit (SAM) that is being developed by the Center for International Cooperation in Education Development (CICED, Russian Federation).The purpose…
Between policy ideal and success falls the shadow: the challenge of building a literate culture in African home languages and providing access to English
The South African Constitutions enshrines the right to basic education for all, mentioning both children and adults. It is specific about learners’, right to ‘,receive education in the official language(s)…
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN MALAYSIAN PERSPECTIVE: INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT
Malaysian multicultural society is typified by three major ethnic groups, namely Malays, Chinese and Indians. Education system is the best tool for these three major of ethnic groups will work…
CONTROLLING YOUR SELF-CONTROL – MYTHS AND REALITIES OF TRUE ASSESSMENT IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT
The aim of this paper is to highlight the challenges of assessment systems in the fast growing and dynamic educational sector and suggests solutions to handle it at a global…
The use and misuse of assessment data in test-based accountability systems
Over the last two decades we have seen a global change in the governance of public education in the aftermath of the introduction of a new, market-driven educational policy inthe…
Learning Levels Of Grade V Students In Language
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) conduct the National Achievement Surveys (NAS) at different stages of school education. The purpose of the NAS is to know the…
Negotiating the context in multicultural classrooms in South Africa
Teaching English as a Home Language in the South African context is fraught with challenge because students are drawn from a diverse variety of cultural backgrounds. Even though English is…
The significance of international comparison of student achievement
Governments, Educators and parents worldwide are increasingly becoming ,interested in international comparisons’, of student achievement. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)…
The Hebrew Language Project: Automated Essay Scoring & Readability Analysis
In 2000, NITE launched the Hebrew Language Project (HLP). The goal of the project is to develop computational tools for the analysis and evaluation of Hebrew texts.The current paper reports…